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"Books Received Journal of Gender Studies." Journal of Gender Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2

Purpose of the paper is to establish the emergence and evolution of a gender problematics from the foundations of classical philosophy, namely, from the phenomenon of will-to-truth as the spontaneous desire of man to understand the life. To achieve this purpose, the following tasks are solved: 1) to investigate the way in which philosophy constitutes itself; 2) to establish how the category of "sex" manifests, both in the natural and in the social contexts; 3) to determine the correlation of gender studies and philosophy. Theoretical basis. If for the methodology of gender studies it is inherent to proceed from the contextuality and value foundations of knowledge, then in this paper gender is considered directly from the being-in-world, human presence. Originality. The distinction between will-to-truth and will-to-knowledge, conducted for the first time by Michel Foucault, is used as a method by which the ontological demand of sex (gender) is revealed. Conclusions. As a result of the study, it was found that scientific developments in the field of gender issues in their subject matter are not mainly descended from subject sphere of classical philosophy. Sex (gender) is not substantiated metaphysically, and it is ontical, not ontological attribute of the human kind; its presentation as the determining factor of the cultural history in context of femininity/masculinity dichotomy is biased. This quality is similar to Nietzsche's will to power, i.e., determination of definite knowledge that is later used in legal, socio-political discourse, corrects language practice, determines scientific researches making them dependant on axiological component of culture. As the social justice problem is solved, gender as the subject of social study loses its actuality.

Proceedings of a conference organised by the Gender Studies Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies in collaboration with the University of Florence and in association with ATHENA (EU-funded Socrates Thematic Network Project for Women's Studies in Europe), held at the European University Institute on 2 April 2001 ; Luisa Passerini, Dawn Lyon, Liana Borghi - Introduction to conference proceedings: Gender Studies in Europe PART ONE: KEY PAPERS - Introduction to 'The State of Gender Studies' Gabriele Griffin - Gender Studies in Europe: Current directions Rosi Braidotti - ATHENA and Gender Studies - Experiences in Scandinavia and Italy Bente Rosenbeck - Women's Studies and Gender Research: Experiences in the Nordic Countries Nina Lykke - Differences among Nordic Countries and Feminists. Response to Bente Rosenbeck: Experiences in Scandinavia Anna Scattigno - Gli studi di genere all'Università di Firenze PART TWO: ROUNDTABLES - Roundtable I: Transitions and Transmissions Maria Puig de la Bellacasa - Flexible girls. A position paper on academic genderational politics Nicky Le Feuvre - Women's Studies Qualifications and Professional Trajectories Paola Pallavicini - Ritorno al presente: aspetti virtuali nelle relazioni inter-generazionali nel femminismo italiano - Round Table II: Cultural Resources Eva D. Bahovec - Feminist Theory and Philosophy: More than a Marriage of Convenience Ulla Wischermann - The Pedagogic Dimension of Women's and Gender Studies Mario Corona - A Few Remarks on Gender, Men's Studies, and a Possible Republic of Differences Anastasia Lada - Speaking from the inside as an 'outsider'

This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective. OYERONKE OYEWUMI is Associate Professor of Sociology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. She is author of The Invention of Women: Making Sense of Gender Discourses(University of Minnesota Press, 1997).

Wie sind die Entwicklungen der Gender Studies vor dem Hintergrund ihrer Historie zu verstehen? Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes diskutieren diese Frage in drei thematischen Blöcken: Biografische Reflexionen treffen auf politische, künstlerische sowie wissenschaftliche Interventionen und stellen so das Potential der Disziplin heraus. Die einzelnen Beiträge entsprechen Schlaglichtern, die sowohl Dis- als auch Kontinuitäten der Diskurse beleuchten. Die dadurch entstehenden Synergieeffekte bestätigen die Notwendigkeit eines entgrenzenden Dialogs im Fach, transdisziplinär wie transnational.